BlockBefore

Saline, Michigan

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Saline City. It lies in ZIP code area 48176. It stands on Koch Warner Drain. The Survey maps it on the Saline quadrangle. 8,948 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 820 feet above sea level.

Saline within Washtenaw County

On record in Saline

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 12 of 19 shown

Every listing in Washtenaw County

Population over time

2 figures

Saline grew from 8,810 to 8,948 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20108,810
20208,948+138 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

8 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Saline between 2018 and 2019, burning about 8 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSALINE AREA FD 0000924 - 2019
26 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSALINE AREA FD 0001000 - 2019
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLINTON FD 0000184 - 2018
16 July 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP DPS 0617710 - 2019
30 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSALINE AREA FD 0000494 - 2018
11 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesANN ARBOR FD 386728 - 2019
25 March 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSALINE AREA FD 0000353 - 2019
22 November 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSALINE AREA FD 0001427 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washtenaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Saline: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Du-Pine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maple PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O E Gooding & Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
William Brink Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washtenaw County

Storms near this place

60 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saline in 62 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 33 thunderstorm wind, 26 hail, 3 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1998Thunderstorm WindSaline$200,000no account filed
July 2002LightningSaline$127,000A newspaper reported that a lightning strike traveled through the ductwork of four furnaces in the same neighborhood. This started a fire in the basement of each home. Three of the homes suffered only minor damage, but the fire got into the drywall of the fourth home and caused more substantial damage.
July 2001LightningSaline$65,000A storage shed and 900 gallons of diesel fuel caught fire when lightning struck the fuel tanks in Pittsfield Township.
May 2000LightningSaline$40,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSaline$40,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindSaline$30,000A newspaper reported that 5 utility poles were blown down in thunderstorm winds along US-12 in Saline. Three of the poles came down onto moving cars. No injuries were reported.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSaline$15,000Several trees and powerlines were reported down.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindSaline$15,000no account filed
September 2014Thunderstorm WindSaline$1,000Multiple trees reported down. Shingles removed from a roof.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindSaline$1,000Trained spotter reported 6 inch trees blown down.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSaline-Estimated wind gust of 60 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSaline-Multiple trees and tree limbs reported down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSaline-Large tree limb reported down on road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSaline-A ten inch diameter tree was uprooted.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindSaline-One foot tree limb reported down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindSaline-Tree and roof damage reported.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSaline-Numerous reports of trees blown down and blocking roads.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSaline-A large tree was snapped.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSaline-Several large tree branches were reported down on powerlines.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindSaline-A trained spotter estimated a 60 MPH wind gust.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSaline-Law enforcement estimated wind gusts at 60 MPH.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSaline-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 MPH.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSaline-A trained spotter estimated 60 MPH thunderstorm winds in Saline and reported several large limbs down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSaline-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down. A large tree was also uprooted.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindSaline-A trained spotter measured a 75 mph thunderstorm wind gust. The spotter also reported branches down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindSaline-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindSaline-The emergency manager reported 8 inch tree limbs down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindSaline-A trained spotter reported tree limbs down.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindSaline-A trained weather spotter reported a 67 MPH thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSaline-A trained spotter reported trees and large limbs down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSaline-A trained spotter reported large limbs down.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindSaline-A trained spotter reported several 5 inch diameter tree limbs blown down in thunderstorm winds.
May 2024HailSaline-no account filed
April 2020HailSaline-no account filed
September 2014HailSaline-no account filed
July 2013HailSaline-no account filed
July 2011HailSaline-no account filed
August 2011HailSaline-no account filed
March 2007HailSaline-no account filed
May 2007HailSaline-no account filed
July 2007HailSaline-no account filed
July 2007HailSaline-no account filed
June 2006HailSaline-no account filed
June 2006HailSaline-no account filed
June 2006HailSaline-no account filed
June 2006HailSaline-no account filed
May 2005HailSaline-no account filed
June 2005HailSaline-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindSaline-no account filed
May 2004HailSaline-no account filed
May 2004HailSaline-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindSaline-no account filed
May 2004HailSaline-no account filed
August 2002HailSaline-no account filed
April 2001HailSaline-no account filed
June 2000HailSaline-no account filed
May 2000HailSaline-no account filed
July 2000HailSaline-no account filed
July 2000HailSaline-no account filed
May 1999HailSaline-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washtenaw County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Pittsfield4.3 miles17
Benton5.0 miles16
Mooreville5.1 miles15
Bridgewater6.4 miles15
Stony Creek6.9 miles17
Milan7.7 miles15
Ann Arbor7.8 miles22
Geddes9.2 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on SalineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1853778The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 637119. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.